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Reforming home care provision in Germany : evidence from a social experiment

Arntz, Melanie (contributor); … - 2008

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...

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Increasing energy and resource efficiency through innovation : an explorative analysis using innovation survey data

Rennings, Klaus; Rammer, Christian - 2009

Energy and resource efficiency innovations (EREIs) are often seen as win-win opportunities for both the economic and the environmental performance of firms. It is thus worth asking how the innovation activities and performance of firms with regard to energy and resource efficiency look like: Do...

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The cost of phasing out nuclear power : a quantitative assessment of alternative scenarios for Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Hoffmann, Tim; Vögele, Stefan - 2000

In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the effective operating time for the existing nuclear power plants. This paper addresses the question of how alternative phase-out regulations affect both the magnitude of total...

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Kosten der privaten Altersvorsorge : private Rentenversicherungen und Fondssparpläne im Vergleich

Westerheide, Peter - 2001

deutlich, dass die laufenden Kosten von aufgeschobenen Leibrentenversicherungen zum Teil deutlich unter den Kosten für … Ansparen in Investmentfonds mit gleicher durchschnittlicher Renditeerwartung vor Kosten, wie sie private Rentenversicherungen … bieten, und den hier unterstellten Kosten für aktienorientierte Investmentfonds aus Kostensicht nicht immer effizient ist …

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German exchange rate exposure at DAX and aggregate level, international trade, and the role of exchange rate adjustment costs

Entorf, Horst (contributor); Jamin, Gösta (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Agglomeration, population size, and the cost of providing public services : an empirical analysis for German states

Büttner, Thiess (contributor); Schwager, Robert (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern : eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Beblo, Miriam (contributor); … - 2005

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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered introduction of this reform allows me to identify the causal effect of increased learning...

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Detecting behavioural additionality : an empirical study on the impact of public R&D funding on firms' cooperative behaviour in Germany

Aschhoff, Birgit (contributor); Fier, Andreas (contributor); … - 2006

Subsidising research networks has become a popular instrument in technology policies, driven mainly by expected positive spillovers. In particular, the stimulation of R&D co-operation between scientific institutions and industry is considered as most promising. In the context of policy...

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To be financed or not : the role of patents for venture capital financing

Häussler, Carolin (contributor); … - 2009

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncertainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...

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